Massachusetts Coalition for Coverage & Care

MISSION STATEMENT

In the face of challenges to the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA), which fundamentally threaten the
health care system we have built in Massachusetts, a group of consumers, the business community,
insurers, labor, hospitals, doctors, community health centers, religious groups and many others have
joined together to form the Massachusetts Coalition for Coverage & Care. Members of the coalition have
different interests and benefit differently from the gains made in our state, but all believe that
Massachusetts must preserve access to affordable coverage and care for everyone.

Ninety-seven percent of people in Massachusetts have health insurance, the highest rate in the country.
The expansion of affordable coverage has been good for the Commonwealth, improving access to care,
financial security, health, and health equity, and we have a shared responsibility to ensure that any actions
out of Washington, D.C., dont disrupt the health coverage and care for residents of the Commonwealth.

The two goals of the coalition are to:

Preserve and improve access to, and the affordability of, health insurance coverage in
Massachusetts; and

Protect the gains in access to care, health, and health equity that have resulted from near
universal coverage in the state.
The coalition will increase knowledge about the progress that Massachusetts has made because of the
states health coverage law (Chapter 58) and the ACA, broaden understanding of what is at stake if the
ACA is repealed and/or replaced, and identify actions that the state and others can take to protect
coverage and care for residents of the Commonwealth.

(Ratified January 3, 2017)

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MEMBERSHIP (4/26/17)
1199SEIU
Alliance of Massachusetts Safety Net Hospitals
AARP
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network
American Heart Association and American Stroke
Association
American Nurses Association - Massachusetts
Associated Industries of Massachusetts
Association for Behavioral Healthcare
Atrius Health
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Foundation
Brockton Neighborhood Health Center
Brookline Community Mental Health Center
Boston Center for Independent Living
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston Medical Center
Childrens League of Massachusetts
Cambridge Health Alliance
Citizens Housing & Planning Association
Community Care Cooperative
Community Catalyst
Conference of Boston Teaching Hospitals
Cooley Dickinson Health Care
Delta Dental of Massachusetts
Disability Policy Consortium
East Boston Neighborhood Health Center
Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center
Franciscan Childrens
Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce
Greater Boston Interfaith Organization
Greater Boston Legal Services
Governmental Strategies, Inc.
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
Health Care For All
Health Law Advocates
Hebrew Rehabilitation Center
Hebrew SeniorLife
Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater
Boston
Joint Committee For Childrens Health Care in
Everett
Lahey Health
Lynn Community Health Center
Massachusetts Association for Mental Health
Massachusetts Association of Health Plans
Massachusetts Association of Behavioral Health
Systems
Massachusetts Business Roundtable
Massachusetts Coalition of Nurse Practitioners
Massachusetts Community Action Network
Massachusetts Council of Community Hospitals
Massachusetts Family Planning Association
Massachusetts Health Council
Massachusetts Health Policy Forum
Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association
Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy
Coalition
Massachusetts Law Reform Institute
Massachusetts League of Community Health
Centers
Massachusetts Medical Society
Massachusetts Parent Teacher Association
Massachusetts Public Health Association
Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation
Massachusetts Senior Action Council
Massachusetts Senior Care Association
Massachusetts Womens Political Caucus
National Alliance on Mental Illness - MA
Neighborhood Health Plan
North Shore Chamber of Commerce
North Shore Community Health
Organization of Nurse Leaders
Partners HealthCare
Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts
Treatment Access Expansion Project
Tufts University Medical School
Wellforce
Individuals:
Thomas Barker, Esq.
Donald Berwick, MD
Patti Boozang
Richard G. Frank, PhD
Philip W. Johnston, Chair, BCBSMA Foundation
Jon Kingsdale, PhD
John E. McDonough, DrPH, MPA
Richard T. Moore
Nancy Turnbull
Celia Wcislo